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beglue

beglue verb: to smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,.

Verb

beglue (third-person singular simple present beglues, present participle begluing or (uncommon) beglueing, simple past and past participle beglued)

  1. (rare, transitive) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
    • lyme (sticky, sticking) part. pres. of lymen, to lime, to begum, beglue that which touches it.1840, John Bellenden Ker, Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases
    • Most of Mr. Timbs's innumerable notes are as well provided as our little summer friends, and will beglue themselves accordingly to multitudes of memories.1856, The London Quarterly Review, volume 6, page 286

Forms of beglue

third-person singular presentbeglues
present participlebegluing
present participle uncommonbeglueing
past participlebeglued
pastbeglued

Origin of beglue

From be- + glue.

Questions about beglue

What does beglue mean?
Beglue means to smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,.
What part of speech is beglue?
Beglue is a verb.
What is the past tense of beglue?
The past tense of beglue is beglued.

Words near beglue in the dictionary

  1. beglories
  2. beglory
  3. beglorying
  4. beglossed
  5. begloved
  6. beglue
  7. beglued
  8. beglues
  9. begluing
  10. Begnaud
  11. Begnauds

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